SINCE 1828
Independence Day
nounDefinition of Independence Day
: a civil holiday for the celebration of the anniversary of the beginnings of national independence
specifically
: July 4 observed as a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
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The first known use of Independence Day was in 1791
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